PDA offers milk
referendum ‘hotline’
HARRISBURG - In an
ticipation ot the many questions
resulting trom the proposed milk
referendum, the Pennsylvania
Departmen, ot Agriculture
recently - established a toll-tree
telephone number to handle in
coming queries, announced
Secretary ot Agriculture Penrose
Hallowed.
Copies ot the proposal plus a
letter trom Hallowed are currently
en route to more than 12,000
Pennsylvania dairy tanners.
Questions will be processed
through the toll-tree line, 1-800-932-
0099.
"This is a critical ,ume tor
dairymen both in Pennsylvania
and throughout the nation,”
Hallowed writes. "Pennsylvania
dairymen are exceeding even
national averages tor increased
milk production while surpluses
reach record levels. Although
advertising and promotion are nut
pie only solutions to our surplus
problem it is perhaps.the least
paintul option available to us.
"As a tweltth generation dairy
tanner, 1 have always believed
that those ot us that produce milk
also have an obligation to help
market it. As an individual
dairymen, however, you just
decide on your own whether the
tuture ot your dairy operation is
worth this additional investment,”
he adds.
LIQUIDATION SALE
BLACK AGRICULTURAL FILM
SIZE # ROLLS RESALE
PRICE
46” 250 25.02
48” 1004 30.84
50” 233 32.14
52” 285 33.44
54” 104 34.69
66” 42 43.09
SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE
COMMENTS:
1. Resale price is 20%' less than original
selling price.
2. Roll footage is 2000 It. on a 3" core
.00125 gauge.
3. Material is sold “as is”. Rolls are pack*
aged 16 per skid.
Would like to selljn one lot but may split
to skid lots for quantity.
Bennies Warehouse Distribution Center
fc RD #1 Berwick, Pa. 717-759-2201
P Ask for BENNIE
The proposal, as approved by the
25-member state Dairy Promotion
Advisory Committee, calls tor 3/4
ot one percent ot the stale’s
average blend price assessment on
all milk sold. It approved,
producers would be assessed about
10 cents per hundredweight.
According to Hallowed the
proposed referendum is expected
to generate more that $9 million
the tirsl year tor dairy promotion.
In addition to the hotdne,
producers, state-wide, will have to
chance to learn more about the
proposal and air their views
through a series ot tive regional
pubdc meetings.
The regional meetings, which all
begin at 1 pan. are as follows: Peb.
5 Ha/letown, GenettTs Best
Western; Peb. B Slate College,
Keller Conference Center; P’eb. 9
Lancaster, Farm and Hume
Center; Peb. 10 Clarion, Clarion
Holiday Inn; Peb. 11 Donegal,
Laurel Highlands Motor Inn.
The hearings will be conducted
under the provisions ot the Penn
sylvania Agricultural Com
modities Act ot 1908.
Following the hearings, a
referendum ot milk producers will
be held in March, calling fur a
majority vote ot 80.1 percent
needed tor passage, it passed, the
proposal could take effect by July
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MILLER DIESEL INC.
, THE DIESEL SPECIALISTS
6030 Jonestown Rd. - Harrisburg, Pa.
717-545-5931
IS THE DISTRIBUTOR FOR YOUR DIESELS BEST FRIEND
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Pughs wins Franklins top
Alfalfa Growers award
Harold Cayman, left, Quincy-area farmer
and immediate past president of the Pa.
Forage and Grassland Council, presents a
plaque to Carl E. Pugh, center, and son Carl of
Chambersburg. The Pughs were recognized at
the recent Franklin County Soils and Crops
Day for thpir outstanding 1981 Alfalfa
E & E Concrete Grooving
Prevent Costly Injury
v GROOVE
feed lots - holding pens - free stall area
contact:
Michael Enright
R.D. 4, Box 22 A
New Oxford, PA 17350.
Ph. 717-624-8739
AGRISERUM
An Aid to the Health of The Nation
HELLO
With the approaching growing season of 1982, maybe you might consider
"Agriserum" as part of your fertilizer needs. This is an “Organic Gal Plasma
Serum" of basic life promoting and sheltering values It is a nutritional living
bacteria, which tends to wake up the nutrients in the seeds and thereby aids
germination, and feeds the bacteria in the soil, producing a more humus and
loose soil. “Agnserum” is applied to the seed at the rate of 1 pint per bushel, not
exceeding 1 pint per acre. If you would spray the solution on standing grass land,
and if you plant more than 1 bushel seeds per acre, the “Agnserum" can be
reduced to 1 pint per acre. “Agnserum" is feeding the life in the soil. The life in
the soil is fertility. Agnserum is produced by Farmers Mfg in Dorsey, 111. and was
used in agriculture since 1947
Personal note on “Agnserum” We make no culture claims for it (neither ex
pressed nor implied). We have been using Agnserum for 11 years, and I would
not like to do without it in farming or gardening It works well with any organic
fertilizer We have been using agnserum on part of our farm for a number of
years without applying other fertilizer, but would not recommend using it on
poor ground that way. A number of farmers are using agnserum along with their
regular fertilizer program and reducing their fertilizer application. We have been
experimenting for 11 years, and find “Fertrel Blue Label” fertilizer and
Agnserum are a good working combination, at a general application of 200 to
500 lb. of Blue Label and 1 pint Agnserum per acre Blue Label can vary to each
farmer's specification. Also, many people are using Agnserum in animal con
sumption as an aid in digestive bacteria, especially in calf growing.
If you are interested in knowing more about it, please feel free to contact us.
Agriserum is priced at $48.00 per gal. in the states of U.S. We ship Agriserum by
U.P.S. post paid, any time of the year. We are planning to make delivery to all
Pennsylvania in early March, so if you would like Agriserum delivered this spring,
could you have your order int he mail by the last of February. We give discount
on cash sales-(55.00 per gal. - from 1 to 6 gal.) ($7.00 per gal for 6 gal. and over)
(36 gal. and over is figured at dealer's price) We also sell Agri LC, a
biodegradeable wetting agent for all your spraying solutions, including herbicide
and fungicide mixes. LC is used 1 pt. to 1 qt to 100 gal of spray solution,
depending on your water condition. LC costs $13.00 per gal. “less in 5 gal. or
more" FOB. You can send your orders to.
PLEASANT VALLEY SUPPLY
R.D. #l, Coopers Drive
Kirkwood, Pa. 17536.
Lancaster Fanning, Saturday, February 6,1982—829
production of 7,163 tons of hay, 2,584 pounds
of crude protein, and 7,628 pounds of TDN.
The Alfalfa Growers' program is conducted by
the Extension Service in co-operation with the
PFQC. The award was presented at the
Lemaster Community Center.